May 25, 2010

News
Death Penalty
Chinese Court Backs Death Sentence for Gang Boss
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), May 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/25/content_9888998.htm

Environment
Clean Energy a Major Area of Co-op With US
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), May 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010sinousdialogue/2010-05/25/content_9889374.htm

Food Security
毒奶粉案周四香港开庭 四受害者家庭均往作证 (Four Victims' Families Testify Thursday in HK Tainted Milk Trial)
Radio Free Asia, May 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/naifen-05242010100758.html

Hong Kong
Beijing Breaks Ice With Hong Kong Opposition
Reuters, May 25, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64N1ZQ20100524

Minister Pledges Racial Sensitivity in Hiring
South China Morning Post, May 25, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6db4e825faac8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

支联会放飞民主风筝 六四廿一纪念活动陆续出台 (HK Alliance Flies "Democracy" Kites to Begin Commemoration of June Fourth's 21st Anniversary)
Radio Free Asia, May 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-05242010101901.html

Human Rights Defenders
‘Butcher’ Takes Web Fight to Beijing
Financial Times, May 25, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4c21b50e-6290-11df-991f-00144feab49a.html

歐美高官會維權律師 (European and American Officials Meet with Rights Defense Lawyers)
Ming Pao, May 25, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100525/cac1.htm

Land Policy
近两年中国“未报即用”60万亩土地 44%为耕地 (Gov't Notice: Use of 600K Mu of Land in Last 2 Years Undisclosed, 44% of which Was Arable)
Radio Free Asia, May 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/di-05242010144846.html

Law
中国高院禁止地方拒绝民告官案件 (Supreme People's Court Prohibits Rejection of Citizen Charges against the Government)
Radio Free Asia, May 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fa-05242010164829.html

Media
中央媒体安排百名青年记者到西柏坡接受传统教育 (Official Media Arranges for 100 Young Journalists to Go to CPC's Xibaipo Memorial in Hubei for Traditional Education)
Radio Free Asia, May 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mei-05242010162149.html

Politics
'Soft Power' Receives Funding Injection
South China Morning Post, May 25, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5ca7e825faac8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
上访潮再现北京 访民被打事件不断 (Petitioners in Beijing Continue to Be Beaten)
Radio Free Asia, May 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-05242010095613.html

肇庆怀集村民被催泪弹致残 六村民面临判刑 (Teargas Leaves Guangdong Villagers Seriously Injured, Six Villagers Awaiting Sentencing)
Radio Free Asia, May 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhaoqing-05242010095236.html

Public Health
After a Spate of Brutal Murders, Mental Health Gets a Closer Look
China Daily, May 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/25/content_9887411.htm

State Security
China Cracks Down on Online Maps
Financial Times, May 25, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9569b59e-64f3-11df-aa4d-00144feab49a.html

May 24, 2010

News
Bilateral Ties
胡錦濤促中美4新領域合作 (Hu Urges Sino-American Cooperation in Four New Fields)
Ming Pao, May 24, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100524/ca11131a.htm

Corruption
'Severe Graft' Hits Building Industry
China Daily, May 21, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/21/content_9875043.htm

Human Rights Defender – Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
Activist's Plan to Visit Expo Park Blocked
South China Morning Post, May 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8d1b819ca2bb8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
Stifling Voices of Those Who Question Authority
South China Morning Post, May 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2f4b819ca2bb8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
Nation Rapt by Detained Petitioner's Story
South China Morning Post, May 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c06b819ca2bb8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

维权人士杨剑昌高票连任深圳人大代表 (Rights Activists Yang Jianchang Reelected as Delegate to Shenzhen People's Congress by a High Margin of Votes)
Radio France Internationale, May 23, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20100523-维权人士杨剑昌高票连任深圳人大代表

Labor
China to Improve Coal Mine Safety Facilities
Xinhua News Agency, May 20, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/20/content_9874478.htm

Law
'Get Rid of Interference in Local Courts'
China Daily, May 24, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/24/content_9883086.htm

Beijing Plans Curbs on Number of Foreigners Working in China
The Daily Telegraph, May 23, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7756638/Beijing-plans-curbs-on-number-of-foreigners-working-in-China.html

Law Chokes Chinese NGOs' Foreign Funding
Christian Science Monitor, May 20, 2010
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/0520/Law-chokes-Chinese-NGOs-foreign-funding

中央要求严格征地拆迁管理工作 修法进程正提速 (Central Authorities Demand Strict Management of Evictions; Revision of the Law Proposed)
Outlook, May 24, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100524/u1a5221530.html

Media
中央人民广播电台大幅增加维语广播 (Report: China National Radio to Increase Broadcasts in Non-Sinitic Language)
Radio Free Asia, May 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guang-05212010220954.html

Protests and Petitions
Tibetan Victims in Yushu Quake Protest for Funds
South China Morning Post, May 23, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d26c74034e0c8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Public Health
富士康聘两千专家阻员工自杀 (FOXCONN Recruits 2000 Specialists to Curb Suicides among Staff)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 24, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/05/100524_foxconn_help.shtml

Society
Lack of Rain Results in Poverty for Many
China Daily, May 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/22/content_9880833.htm

Tibet
Dalai Lama Tweets to Chinese Citizens about Tibet
Associated Press, May 21, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100521/ap_on_re_as/as_china_dalai_lama_twitter

Related information:
直播：达赖喇嘛与中文推特网友首次对话
Free More News
http://docs.google.com/View?id=df2gh45v_15cjqqdcgb

汉藏推特对话显功效 官媒记者叫封杀 (Journalists and Officials Say They Were Kept Out of Sino-Tibetan Dialogue on Twitter)
Radio Free Asia, May 23, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/han-05232010162352.html

XUAR
China Hopes Development Solves Region's Tensions
Associated Press, May 20, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100520/ap_on_re_as/as_china_xinjiang

新疆全面通网后25人因传播"有害信息"被查 (XUAR: 25 Investigated and Prosecuted for Disseminating Harmful Information)
Tianshannet, May 23, 2010
http://www.tianshannet.com/news/content/2010-05/23/content_4991576.htm

新华社副总编谈新疆事件报道引风波 (Xinhua Deputy Editor Cases Stir with Lecture on the Sensitive Topics, Particularly 2008 XUAR Unrest)
Radio France Internationale, May 23, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20100523-新华社副总编谈新疆事件报道引风波

May 20, 2010

News
Corruption
China Official Gets Suspended Death Sentence for Graft
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), May 20, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100520/wl_afp/chinacorruptioncrimestockscompanygome

Human Rights Defender – Mao Hengfeng (毛恒凤)
被劳教的毛恒凤家人呼吁国际社会关注其安危 (Mao Hengfeng's Family Appeals to International Community for Attention after Mao Is Transferred to Anhui Reeducation-Through-Labor Facility)
Radio Free Asia, May 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/maohengfeng-05192010095938.html

Labor
Nine Arrested for the Fatal Flooding of N China Coal Mine
Xinhua News Agency, May 19, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-05/19/c_13303556.htm

Law
Judge Suspended in Coerced Confession Case
Associated Press (via Google News), May 20, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gdvu0IxNJhwSINMmt2N3yN0oq_NwD9FPPPKO0

Respect Those Who Fight for Rights, Says American Law Don
South China Morning Post, May 20, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3bfda357671b8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Migrant Workers
Migrant Workers Who Don't Want to Leave
South China Morning Post, May 20, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=dc7ea357671b8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
鄂残疾人为生存 连日在政府门前抗议 (Disabled Residents of Guangshui, Hubei Gather before Government Offices Protesting Their Treatment)
Radio Free Asia, May 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/canji-05192010141139.html

Public Health
Organ Trafficking Trial Exposes Grisly Trade
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), May 19, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100519/hl_nm/us_china_organs

Taiwan
Ma Wants to Meet Hu ... Sometime
South China Morning Post, May 20, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3beda357671b8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
复印实名针对藏文 数百藏歌校内严禁 (Tibetans Must ID Themselves before Making Copies and Hundreds of Tibetan Songs Banned from Schools)
Radio Free Asia, May 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zang-05192010154101.html

Related news:
打字复印拉萨将实行实名登记制 (Lhasa Implements Real-Name Registration System for Typing and Photocopy Services)
Lhasa Evening News, May 11, 2010
http://www.lasa-eveningnews.com.cn/epaper/uniflows/html/2010/05/11/10/10_31.htm

New Photocopy Rules Introduced in Tibet
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 20, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8692558.stm

国际声援西藏运动报道北京对西藏知识分子的打压 (International Campaign for Tibet Report: Beijing's Suppression of Tibetan Intellectuals)
Radio Free Asia, May 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xi-05192010095336.html

Related information:
A 'Raging Storm': The Crackdown on Tibetan Writers and Artists after Tibet's Spring 2008 Protests
International Campaign for Tibet, May 18, 2010
http://www.savetibet.org/media-center/ict-news-reports/raging-storm-crackdown-tibetan-writers-and-artists-after-tibets-spring-2008-protests

XUAR
维吾尔族学者伊力哈木·土赫提被禁出国 (Uyghur Scholar Ilham Tohti Barred from Leaving China)
Radio Free Asia, May 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xinjiang-05192010163249.html

May 19, 2010

News

Corruption
China Warns Officials over Property Corruption
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), May 18, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100518/wl_asia_afp/chinapropertycorruption

Officials Named, Shamed for Illegal Constructions
China Daily, May 18, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/18/content_9865075.htm

Environment
Polluting Firms Pose Big Threat to Wetlands
China Daily, May 19, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/19/content_9865988.htm

Government
Party Offers Glimpse of its Internal Apparatus
South China Morning Post, May 19, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a2164112a0ca8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Mo Shaoping (莫少平)
Rights Lawyer Squeezed Off Tsinghua Panel
South China Morning Post, May 19, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5642f36bc5ca8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related News:

清华大学法学研讨会冷待维权律师 (Tsinghua University Revokes Invite of Beijing Rights Defense Lawyer to Attend a Law Seminar)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 19, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/05/100519_china_lawyer.shtml

Law
Law Fine-tuned against Terror Financing
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), May 19, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/18/content_9865096.htm

最高检公安部86种经济案件立案追诉标准(全文) (Full Text in Chinese: Provisions on Standards for Filing and Prosecution of Criminal Cases under Public Security Organs' Jurisdiction (II))
Xinhua News Agency, May 19, 2010
http://news.china.com/zh_cn/news100/11038989/20100519/15941626.html

Trial Focuses on Organ Trafficking Ethics
China Daily, May 19, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/19/content_9865353.htm

Police
Outcry over Police Abuse After Ental Patient Fitted Up for Killing
South China Morning Post, May 19, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d3264112a0ca8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
企业开发致环境灾难 藏区民众抗议遭镇压 (Hundreds in Gansu Protest Cement Plant over Environmental Problems)
Radio Free Asia, May 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zang-05182010121657.html

Villages Clash over Land Dispute; Six Detained
China Daily, May 19, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/19/content_9865359.htm

Public Health
宁夏毒奶粉企业仍在营业 通报有"毒奶"流入广州 (Dairy Firm in Ningxia Selling Tainted Powder Milk Is Still Open)
Guangzhou Daily (via Eastday), May 19, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100519/u1a5212334.html

State Security
New Rules for Net Mapping
China Daily, May 19, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/19/content_9865442.htm

Tibet
China Targets Tibet Artists, Intellectuals: Report
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), May 18, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100518/wl_nm/us_china_tibet_culture

Tibetans Beaten during Angry Protests
South China Morning Post, May 19, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c9d64112a0ca8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Print, Copy Shops Told Not to Deal with Any Documents in Tibetan
South China Morning Post, May 19, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c6564112a0ca8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
Major Support Package in Pipeline for Xinjiang
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), May 17, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/17/content_9859997.htm

May 15-18, 2010

News

Bilateral Ties
中美人权对话中国敏感 使馆网站人权报告受关注 (China Sensitive during US-China Human Rights Dialogue: Concerns over Human Rights Report on Embassy Website)
Radio Free Asia, May 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquan-05172010161204.html

Related Information:

U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue Resumes: Foundation for Action?

Human Rights in China, May 14, 2010

http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/174623

US, China Set 2011 Rights Meeting in "Candid" Talks
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), May 18, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100514/pl_nm/us_usa_china_rights

Corruption
China Court Upholds Verdicts on Former Rio Staff
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), May 18, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100517/bs_afp/chinaaustraliaminingriotintoappeal

吉林乾安一名副县长参与高考舞弊被免职 (Jilin County Magistrate Removed from Office Following Participation in Examination Fraud)
Xinhua News Agency (via Eastday), May 18, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100518/u1a5210101.html

Teachers' Bribes Scandal
Shanghai Daily, May 17, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=437179&type=National

Disasters
86 Dead as Storms Lash Southern Provinces Torrential Downpours Leave Trail of Destruction - and More Bad Weather Forecast
South China Morning Post, May 18, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e3850d44f71a8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Gender
Most Gay Men in Asia-Pacific Region 'Denied HIV Care'
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 18, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8687845.stm

Hong Kong
Hong Kong By-Election Thwarted by Beijing
Financial Times, May 18, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6c482044-6113-11df-9bf0-00144feab49a.html

Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
中国民间发起争取胡佳保外就医活动 (Chinese Community Begins Activities Advocating for Hu Jia's Medical Parole)
Radio Free Asia, May 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hujia-05172010163416.html

Human Rights Defender - Tang Jitian (唐吉田)
北京维权律师唐吉田被拒出境 (Beijing Rights Defense Lawyer Tang Jitian Barred from Leaving China)
Radio Free Asia, May 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lushi-05172010113516.html

Land Policy
Chinese People and Government Struggle over Land Rights
Voice of America, May 18, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Chinese-People-and-Government-Struggle-Over-Land-Rights-93903619.html

Multilateral
EU's Kroes Says China 'Great Firewall' a WTO Issue
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), May 18, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100517/bs_afp/chinaeuinternetcensorshipcompetition

Protests and Petitions
东莞600村民“集体散步”抗议垃圾焚烧厂选址 (600 Villagers in Dongguan Protests against Incineration Plant )
Radio Free Asia, May 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dong-05172010164333.html

Public Health
Indoor Air Pollution Kills 2.2m Youths 'Annually'
South China Morning Post, May 18, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e46e6c3c5b4a8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Health Care Reform in a Shaanxi County Draws Nation's Attention
South China Morning Post, May 18, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=59230d44f71a8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

卫生专家认为河南艾滋病例发现报告奖励制度坏处多 (Health Expert Says Plenty of Disadvantages in Henan AIDS Reporting Incentive Program)
Radio Free Asia, May 15, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ai-05152010004347.html

Society
河南开发商将住户拖出房强拆 事后称拆错 (Henan Developer Forcefully Evicts and Dismantles Wrong Household)
Henan Business Daily (via Net Ease), May 18, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0514/09/66KSJ1DN00011229.html#

State Security
警惕互联网地图泄密 (Stay Alert, National Security Data Leak on Online Map Search Engine)
China Central Television, May 17, 2010
http://news.cntv.cn/china/20100517/102927.shtml

Tibet

Crackdown Fails to Silence Tibet's Dissenting Voices
South China Morning Post, May 18, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f1c5064cb66a8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
海外维吾尔人指控中共不尊重民族自治 (Overseas Uyghurs Accuse China of Not Respecting Autonomous Region)
Radio Free Asia, May 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/Uigur-05172010144826.html

May 14, 2010

News

Bilateral Ties
美中人权对话恢复 (US-China Human Rights Dialogue Resumes)
Radio Free Asia, May 14, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/rq-05132010165700.html

Civil Society
Activists Demand Release of Mainland Dissidents
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), May 13, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=55a05e2b10198210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Corruption
Judge in Trouble for Extorting Litigant
China Daily, May 14, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/14/content_9847317.htm

Convicted Ex-top Cop Asks for Leniency
China Daily, May 14, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/14/content_9847293.htm

Labor
At Least 21 Miners Killed in China Colliery Blast
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 14, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8681855.stm

Law
US Engineer Held in China Released without Charge
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), May 14, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100514/ap_on_re_as/as_china_detained_american

Media
China's Global Media Push Includes Broadcasts to Suburban Washington
Voice of America (via Voice of America), May 12, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Chinas-Global-Media-Push-Includes-Broadcasts-to-Suburban-Washington-93592609.html

Google Situation in China 'Seems to Be Stable'
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), May 14, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0232da5e19498210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
安置房七年又拆 西安村民请愿要公投 (More Than 300 Villagers in Xi'an Petition Authorities against Evicting Them Again)
Radio Free Asia, May 13, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xian-05132010141849.html

Public Health
Beijing Issues First Residents' Health Report
China Daily (via China Daily), May 14, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/14/content_9850704.htm

Society
Social Problems at Root of School Attacks: China PM
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), May 14, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100514/wl_asia_afp/chinacrimeschool

China Kindergarten Massacre Seen as Symptom of Progress
Agence France-Presse (via The Sydney Morning Herald), May 14, 2010
http://www.smh.com.au/world/china-kindergarten-massacre-seen-as-symptom-of-progress-20100513-v1up.html

广西行凶者被村民打死续:律师称村民正当防卫 (Guangxi Villagers Kill Murder Suspect, Lawyer Says It Is Legitimate Defense)
Xinhua News Agency (via Net Ease), May 13, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0513/19/66JCGTG9000146BC.html

XUAR

China Says Internet Fully Restored in Xinjiang
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), May 14, 2010
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2010/05/13/china_says_internet_fully_restored_in_xinjiang

News

Bilateral Ties
US 'to Give $1.5m to Falun Gong Internet Freedom Group'
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 12, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8678760.stm

Related News:

中国反对美国给法轮功团体提供经费 (China Opposes US Funding Falungong-related Organization)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 13, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/05/100513_china_us_falungong.shtml

US, China Begin Human Rights Talks
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), May 13, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100513/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_us_china_human_rights

Disasters
China Quake Rebuilding Rush Shows Power and Pitfalls
Reuters, May 12, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64B1CE20100512

Rainstorms in Southern China Kill 86
China Daily (via China Daily), May 12, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/12/content_9841679.htm

Environment
Polluting Plant Shuts down Operation Following Complaints
China Daily, May 13, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/13/content_9842497.htm

Government
Not Much Will Change under China's Next Leaders: Scholar
China Post, May 13, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan-relations/2010/05/13/256273/p2/Not-much.htm

Human Rights Defender - Wu Lihong (吴立红)
China Environmentalist Released After Prison Term
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), May 12, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100512/ap_on_re_as/as_china_environmentalist

Law
河南农民赵作海被错判杀人罪入狱11年获赔65万 (Henan Farmer Zhao Zuohai Receives Compensation after 11 Years Wrongly Imprisoned)
Dahe Daily (via Eastday), May 13, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100513/u1a5201606.html

Media
Editor Fired after Reports on Vaccine Cover-up
South China Morning Post, May 13, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0623a74e8bc88210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Censors Attack News to Calm Panic after Ninth Child Stabbing in Weeks
The Daily Telegraph, May 12, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7715249/China-censors-attack-news-to-calm-panic-after-ninth-child-stabbing-in-weeks.html

Multilateral
专家驳中国傲慢论 称自信比傲慢更准确 (China's Experts: China Is Assertive, Not Arrogant)
Southern Daily (via Sina), May 13, 2010
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2010-05-13/101420263886.shtml

Police
Arrest Warrants for Three Cops over Torture Case
China Daily, May 13, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/13/content_9842402.htm

Society
School Attacks Reflect Badly on Beijing
South China Morning Post, May 13, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e60cdfb886d88210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Millions 'Left Behind' in Rural China
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 12, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8668086.stm

May 12, 2010

News
Bilateral Ties
China, US to Renew Human Rights Talks
Associated Press, May 11, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100511/ap_on_re_as/as_china_us_human_rights

Corruption
Villagers Celebrate as Riot-torn Region's Top Cop is Sacked
South China Morning Post, May 12, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1b1fd5ff43888210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
New Homes Mean Fresh Start for Many Desperate Villagers
South China Morning Post, May 12, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=12064ae394788210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders – Wu Lihong (吴立红)
环保人士吴立红刑满获释 公开要求当局恢复名誉 (Released Environmentalist Wu Lihong Publicly Requests Authorities Restore His Reputation)
Radio Free Asia, May 11, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanbao-05112010165950.html

Human Rights Defenders – Liu Wei (刘巍), Tang Jitian (唐吉田)
China's Human Rights Lawyers Face Uphill Struggle
Agence France-Presse, May 12, 2010
http://ph.news.yahoo.com/afp/20100511/tls-china-rights-law-aeafa1b_1.html

Human Rights Defenders
中国展开律师整风运动 (China Launches Lawyers Rectification Campaign)
Radio Free Asia, May 11, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ls-05112010164734.html

Labor
Nine Trapped Miners Found Dead in Coal Gas Leak
Xinhua News Agency, May 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/11/content_9836843.htm

廣州天河工地坍塌4死4傷續:工頭趕工期釀慘案 (Four Dead Four Wounded on Guangzhou Work Site after Foreman's Haste Leads to Site Collapse)
Yang Cheng Wan Bao, May 12, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/113/1/1/1514890/1.html

Land Policy
无锡维权人士北京上访 老家房屋遭强拆 (Wuxi Human Rights Activist Petitions Beijing Regarding Demolitions)
Radio Free Asia, May 12, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wx-05112010133436.html

Law
China Targets Online Commentator Anonymity
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 12, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8671856.stm

Provincial Officials to Censor Some Films
South China Morning Post, May 12, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5c5fd5ff43888210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Media
中国对外封锁去年喀什骚乱消息 (China Kept Silent News of Last Year's Kashgar Riots)
Radio Free Asia, May 11, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/xinjiang_clash-05112010104311.html

Police
河南坐11年冤獄村民講述遭刑訊逼供細節 (Details on the Torture Used in Henan Villager's Interrogation Resulting in 11 Years of Unjust Imprisonment)
The Beijing News, May 12, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/113/1/1/1514646/1.html

Protests and Petitions
China Trains Officials How to Handle Complaints
Xinhua News Agency, May 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/11/content_9836803.htm

Public Health
Infectious Diseases Kill 1,269 in China in April
Xinhua News Agency, May 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/11/content_9835980.htm

Society
Country's Wealth Divide Past Warning Level
China Daily, May 12, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/12/content_9837073.htm

Peking U Accused of Using Street Cats for Lab Tests
South China Morning Post, May 11, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5446e6232a288210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

May 11, 2010

News
Civil Society
非政府组织益仁平中心宣布成立消除残疾歧视工作组 (Beijing NGO Yirenping Announces Founding of Working Group to Eliminate Bias against the Handicapped)
Radio Free Asia, May 10, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/canji-05102010160933.html

Corruption
Official Calls for Better Supervision in State Firms
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), May 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/11/content_9833774.htm

Official Gets Life for Taking Bribes
South China Morning Post, May 11, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f7d6e6232a288210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
Heavy Rains Kill 70, Losses Mounting in S China
Global Times (via China Daily), May 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/11/content_9834801.htm

Related news:
廣東暴雨成災19死亡 (Heavy Rains in Guangdong Kill 19)
Xinhua News Agency (via Ming Pao), May 11, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100510/ca11726c.htm

Environment
China Likely to Levy Carbon Tax around 2012
China Daily, May 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/11/content_9834525.htm

官员称北京已无地填垃圾 焚烧厂建设规划不会改变 (Official: No Place Left in Beijing for Garbage, So Incinerator Plan Cannot Be Changed)
The Beijing Times, May 11, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100511/u1a5197426.html

Human Rights Defender – Wan Yanhai (万延海)
万延海携家属离开中国抵达美国 (Renown HIV/AIDS Activist Wan Yanhai and Family Leave China for the US)
Radio France Internationale, May 11, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20100511-万延海携家属离开中国抵达美国

Land
Villagers on Front Line of Eviction Battles
South China Morning Post, May 11, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0e76e6232a288210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Law
非遗维权第一案开庭 张艺谋当被告自觉莫名其妙 (Famed Director Zhang Yimou Sued for Misrepresenting Cultural Heritage)
Beijing Evening News, May 11, 2010
http://culture.china.com.cn/yichan/2010-05/11/content_20018250.htm

農民坐冤獄11年索賠百萬 (Farmer Unjustly Imprisoned for 11 Years Claims 10K CNY in Damages)
Ming Pao, May 11, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100511/ca21350i.htm

Media
China Pushing for News Websites to List
Agence France-Presse, May 10, 2010
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/china-pushing-for-news-websites-to-list-20100510-uohc.html

Related information:
Government Push for News Media Company IPOs
Danwei, May 11, 2010
http://www.danwei.org/media_business/government_push_for_news_media.php

Migrant Workers
深圳公安局长:不清除无业人员 深圳没有太平(Shenzhen PSB Head: We're Not Getting Hid of the Unemployed)
Southern Daily (via Net Ease), April 30, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0430/11/65GVN2UH0001124J.html

Related information:
China: Expelling the Unemployed from Shenzhen
Global Voices Online, May 10, 2010
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2010/05/10/china-expelling-the-unemployed-from-shenzhen/

Police
Murderer Freed after 'Victim' Found Alive in China
Associated Press, May 10, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100510/ap_on_re_as/as_china_torture

Protests and Petitions
鄂失地农民堵政府门抗议 (Hubei: 100 Peasant Block Local Government Offices during Protest)
Radio Free Asia, May 20, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/di-05102010142110.html

湖北一男子出门谈拆迁补偿 6小时后坠楼身亡 (Hubei: a Young Man Commits Suicide after Negotiating for Compensation for Forced Eviction )
Chutian Metropolis Daily (via Net Ease), May 11, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0511/10/66D9465F00011229.html

Public Health
Black Organ Market Rakes on Poverty and Hope
China Daily, May 10, 2010
http://www.china.org.cn/china/2010-05/07/content_19988763.htm

Society
Experts Worry Developers Won't Start New Projects
China Daily, May 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/11/content_9831967.htm

Taiwan
Slippery Slope: Taiwan Has Resumed Executions, and the Process Suggests Legal Reforms Are Needed
South China Morning Post, May 11, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=404a646b33288210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
Xinjiang's Dovish Leader Shows His Claws
South China Morning Post, May 11, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b4a6e6232a288210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

May 8-10, 2010

News

Freedom of Movement
More Mainland Regions to Gain Travel Access to Taiwan
China Daily, May 10, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/08/content_9824844.htm

Freedom of Speech
A History Lesson that is on the Right Lines
South China Morning Post, May 10, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9e9f82da2ed78210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
Down and out in China
Asia Times Online, May 10, 2010
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/LE08Ad01.html

China Disbars Two Rights Defense Lawyers
Associated Press, May 10, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100509/wl_nm/us_china_lawyers

Related Information:

Beijing Judicial Bureau Revokes Licenses of Two Rights Defense Lawyers

Human Rights in China, May 7, 2010

http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/174568

Human Rights Defender - Wan Yanhai (万延海)
Despite Pressures, Activist Perseveres
South China Morning Post, May 10, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=04e082da2ed78210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

June Fourth
旅日华人导演翰光到港推广六四记录片「长城外」 (Japan-based Chinese Director Han Guang Visits Hong Kong to Promote His June Fourth Documentary)
Radio Free Asia, May 09, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-05092010161419.html

Labor
Lax Laws, Lack of Funds Make China's Mines Deadliest
China Daily, May 10, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/10/content_9826652.htm

Media
广州工地坍塌致4死4伤 保安手拉手排人墙堵记者 (Security Guards Kick Reporters out the Site of Industrial Accident in Guangzhou)
The Beijing Times, May 10, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100510/u1a5194233.html

Politics
Chinese City Opens its Books in a Step for Reform
Associated Press, May 10, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100509/ap_on_re_as/as_china_power_of_the_purse

原中宣部长朱厚泽去世 80年代力主"思想自由" (Former Propaganda Department Chief Zhu Houze Passes away)
Oriental Morning Post (via Eastday), May 10, 2010
http://www.dfdaily.com/node2/node31/node262/userobject1ai221465.shtml

Protests and Petitions
上海访民胡燕在联合国总部前抗议 (Shanghainese Petitioner Hu Yan Protests outside UN New York Headquarters)
Radio Free Asia, May 08, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hu-05082010133213.html

Religion
China Ordains Bishops Backed by Vatican
Financial Times, May 10, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5e4e4eba-5b7c-11df-85a3-00144feab49a.html

Society
我国贫富差距正在逼近社会容忍“红线” (China Rich-Poor Polarization Provoking Alarm: Experts)
Economic Information Daily (via Eastday), May 10, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100510/u1a5195049.html

Tibet
Dalai Lama tells AP: Exiles must press China talks‎
Associated Press, May 08, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jrF8wS5osaCIqGmXLjWp_5-5jgMAD9FHU8OG0